Chapter 31: The Mysterious Garden

A sudden fog in the palace was an unprecedented vision, and Qi Yuannai was the son of heaven naturally asked an astrologer for divination. The astrologer pushed the hexagram, but he came up with a hexagram called "unknown", and there was no special change in the stars in the sky.

"My lord, I can't figure out the good luck, maybe it's just a sudden weather anomaly. After the snow fell, the astrologer went to Qi Yuan's dormitory, and he spread out the hexagram in his hand to show Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan frowned, he had lived for decades, and he had never seen such a big fog in the court of Qi State.

"It's really unusual to suddenly blow up a fog, and you always pay attention to the changes in the stars in the sky. Qi Yuan's brows have always been tightly locked, and this unusual weather made him a little uncomfortable.

Falling Snow followed Bai Huang into a small garden, which was extremely small, with a few withered unknown trees in the patio. This small garden is a courtyard house, but it is not large, and each room looks very small.

It's just strange that there isn't much fog in this garden, and it seems to be blocked out of the garden. There were still some drops of water dripping down the eaves, and the "popping" sound was like raindrops falling on the ground, and there was some moss on the roof spread on the gray tiles.

"What is this place?" muttered to Falling Snow's eyes as she swept over the small garden.

The garden was supposed to be inhabited, and the falling snow saw firewood piled up outside the house on one side of the garden, and there was a small well on the side of the garden. It's just that I've never seen snow fall in this garden, and I don't remember how I got in, and I wouldn't have been able to get here if it wasn't for this bird leading the way.

The white phoenix rested on the snow's shoulder, and its mouth let out a crisp chirp again, which broke the silence of the garden.

"Ahem, ahem!" In the room in front of Luoxue, there was a sound of people coughing.

Falling Snow's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, it turned out that there were really people living in this garden, Falling Snow said softly: "Sorry to disturb, I'm lost, may I ask what kind of place is this?"

The coughing stopped, the falling snow didn't move on, and she was still a little worried about disturbing the people in the house. Listening to the coughing sound, it should be an old woman in the room, who seems to be sick.

"There's someone outside the garden, Ke'er, open the door and take a look." cough cough cough ......" After finishing speaking, the house began to cough again.

The door in front of Squeak opened, and a girl in coarse cloth clothes with braided hair poked her head out of the house. Luo Xue smiled at the girl, who looked timid, and there was some panic in her eyes.

Her hands were rough, clutching at the doorframe, her face bloodless and thin. This is probably due to malnutrition, and judging from this situation, the people here are living a very difficult life.

"Girl, excuse me, I'm lost and broke into your garden by mistake. Falling Snow apologized again.

The little girl did not speak, she looked at the falling snow, and then at the birds on her shoulder. The originally confused eyes turned into curiosity, and the old woman's voice came from the room again: "Ke'er, please invite the guests to come in and sit down, don't stand at the door and watch." ”

Kerr glanced back into the room, then nodded, and she walked out. This girl named Kerr is really thin, and her original face is extremely delicate, but now she looks lifeless.

This girl couldn't tell her age, maybe because of her complexion, but she never spoke. She just stepped forward and pulled the snow shirt, and then made a gesture to invite in, is this a mute girl?

Falling Snow smiled kindly at Kerr, who was in front and Snow followed into the hut.

The room was dimly lit, and a strong smell of Chinese medicine permeated the room, but the cabin was dry and warm, in contrast to the outside.

In the corner of the hut lay a dilapidated wooden bed, on which lay an old woman, and at the head of the bed placed a pot of Chinese medicine. The house is small, but it is very tidy, and it seems that the owner of the house is an old woman who loves cleanliness.

The old woman saw a stranger come in and stood up, her old face was full of wrinkles, and her eyes were blank. This old woman does seem to be very sick, and she coughs after a while, most likely it is tuberculosis or something, right?

Luo Xue Shili said: "Excuse me, the fog in the palace, I got lost and accidentally entered this place, please forgive me." ”

The old woman got up and looked at the falling snow, dressed in white, tall and elegant. She had seen many people, and she had never seen such a plain woman, and those eyes that were always clean.

The old woman had a good impression of the falling snow, and she began to cough again, and the thin girl brought a bowl of hot water and handed it over.

"The girl's face and dress must not be an ordinary person, right?" the old woman's voice was also a little weak, and every word she said was doubly laborious.

Looking at the lives of these two people, Luo Xue felt a sense of sadness in her heart, presumably the two of them were mother and daughter who relied on each other or something.

"I'm not a big person, I'm just an ordinary palace person, don't you see that I still carry a teapot in my hand?" After speaking, Luo Xue smiled and showed the teapot, but the burn on that hand was so obvious.

Looking at the snowy hand, the old woman felt a little strange, this woman was so pure, only the hand was like a birthmark on her body.

"I haven't wanted anyone to set foot in this place for decades, but it's really strange that you walked in because of the fog. The old woman said.

It's not just her who is strange, Luoxue also feels strange, isn't Qiongyuan and this place the same strange? Some people say that Qiongyuan is haunted, but she lives in peace, how can this place be a place in the palace that no one has set foot on for decades?

"It's very strange, if it weren't for the bird on my shoulder, I wouldn't know where I would be lost. After saying that, Luoxue glanced at the bird on her shoulder, and the bird looked at the old woman with her head held high.

"I've lived in the palace for so many years, and I've never seen this kind of phoenix-like bird, you are destined not to be ordinary. The old woman's heart was secretly surprised, she had never seen such a bird in the court of Qi Kingdom, and she had never heard that the palace would be filled with fog.

"Oh, by the way, my name is Zhaoping. "Falling slopes.

"Zhaoping, it's a name, I'm a careless old woman. This girl's name is Keer, she is a mute girl, and she has been afraid of life since she was a child. The old woman didn't say who she was, but introduced the little girl next to her, and the little girl just looked at Luo Xue stupidly without a trace of the rest of the expression on her face.

The falling snow made a "huh", an old woman and a mute girl, a strange garden. Luoxue turned her head to look outside, the thick fog outside the garden still hadn't cleared, when would she be able to return to Qiongyuan.

"The fog hasn't cleared yet, I don't know when I can return to Qiongyuan?" Luoxue couldn't help but say lightly, extremely quietly.

"What did you say?" the old woman's voice suddenly raised high, and Luoxue turned around to meet the old woman's somewhat distorted face, which startled Luoxue.

"I said I live in Qiongyuan now, I don't know how to go back?" Luoxue replied with some doubts.

The old woman's body began to tremble, the expression on her face became complicated, and the look in her eyes was even more complicated, making people faintly frightened. Why did this old woman suddenly change so much, could it be related to Qiongyuan, Luo Xue's heart became a little curious.

"You live in Qiongyuan, what about the original owner of Qiongyuan?" the old woman's voice trembled, and her expression became expectant, mixed with a little fear.

The original owner of Qiongyuan, Luoxue didn't know who it was, and she didn't ask anything about Qiongyuan. After being reminded by this old woman, Luo Xue had a strange feeling for Qiongyuan, everything was so strange.